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IMPENDING DOOM?

WHAT CAN AN IMPENDING DOOM, LIKE DEATH, DO TO YOU, SAYS HEIDEGGER?MAN LOSES HIS POTENTIALITY (CARE/ FUTURE PLANS IN LIFE) FOR BEINGHEIDEGGER'S PHENOMENOLOGY OF DEATH

PHENOMENON ?EVENT/ EXPERIENCEPHENOMENOLOGYMANIFESTATION OF THE EVENT

BEING THROWN IN THE WORLDDaseinAlongside with things (concern/ care)Being with others (solicitude)THE POSSIBILITY OF MY ABSOLUTE IMPOSSIBILITY INAUTHENTIC DASEINAUTHENTIC DASEINNON-RELATIONAL FREEDOM FROM THE THEY

BEING THROWN IN THE WORLDTO EXIST = ACTUALIZATION OF POTENTIALSBEING TOO ABSORBED ON THINGS & PEOPLEAlongside with things (concern/ care)THE AHEAD OF ITSELF OF DASEIN = FUTURE PLANS

Alongside with things (concern/ care)RESULTS TO IGNORANCE OF DEATHTO BE ENGROSSED ON IMMEDIATE CONCERN ON THINGS

DEATHLOST OF THERENESSWE LOSE OUR POTENTIALITIESTHE POSSIBILITY OF BEING CUT OFF FROM OTHERS & THINGS (CARE)IT IS A MUST AND IT IS NECESSARY = I CANNOT ESCAPE ITTHE POSSIBILITY OF MY ABSOLUTE IMPOSSIBILITY ANXIETY = DREAD = INDETERMINATEFEAR IS DETERMINATEHEIDEGGER'S PHENOMENOLOGY OF DEATH

CAN WE EXPERIENCE THE TRANSITION FROM DASEIN TO NON-DASEIN?

THEYOUR FIRST EXPERIENCE OF DEATH?DEATH OF OTHERSWe never experienced the death of another as he himself experienced itDEATH IS ALWAYS MINE

THEY CAUSES INAUTHENTICITY TO DASEINHIDES DEATHDEATH HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH USSOMETHING NOT YET AT HANDOFFERS NO THREATINAUTHENTIC DASEINMAN LOSES HIMSELF TO THE THEY

INAUTHENTIC DASEIN? GIVING NEW EXPLANATION TO THE POSSIBLE IMPOSSIBLITY TO DENY WHAT IS CERTAINAMBIGUOUS ATTITUDE OF THE THEY

BEING TOWARDS DEATH AND CAREExistence, in the ahead-of-itselfFacticity, in the being-already-inFalling, in the being-alongside EVERYDAY BEING-TOWARDS-DEATH-INAUTHENTICITY AUTHENTIC BEING TOWARDS DEATH

Care has the following characteristics of Daseins beingExistence, in the ahead-of-itself (FUTURE)Death as something impending: the possibility of being cut off from others and from things.something that I cannot outstrip Facticity, in the being-already-in (PRESENT)revealed only in the basic mood of man = anxiety (indeterminate)Falling, in the being-alongside (FUTURE) Many are ignorant of deathFleeing in the face of death: concealment

BEING TOWARDS DEATH AND CARE

ANNIE NIELSEN: BEING TOWARDS DEATH AND CAREExistence, in the ahead-of-itself?Facticity, in the being-already-in?Falling, in the being-alongside ?

The they: hides deathnot yet present-at-hand, therefore offers no threatDenial of certaintyHe loses himself in the theyAnxiety in the face of death is taken as a sign of :weaknessman is constantly evading deathEVERYDAY BEING-TOWARDS-DEATH-INAUTHENTICITY

Response to deathNot evasion as imposed by the theyFacing this possibility of death = SUICIDE?Facing is not actualizing!suicide demolishes all the potentialities of man Authentic means:Anticipation of deaths certaintyprovide us with vision/ understandingcarpe diemVision = present existence vs. potential possiblities mind that is open to the constant threat of anxietyWhat to do with the they?death does not belong to everybody, but to ones own selfBeing-with-others (solicitude)NON-RELATIONAL = SEPARATION FROM THE THEY = FREEDOM TO BE WHATEVER HE WANTS TO BEAUTHENTIC-BEING-TOWARDS-DEATH

KARL ROHNERS NOTION OF DEATHAUTHENTIC SELFTO ACCEPT OR REFUSEOPEN TO TRANSCENDENCEEND OF DESIRES (CONCUPISCENCE) DEATH = FINALITY ON ENDLESS POTENTIAL INDETERMINATE MISTAKES = FUTUREEMBRACING THE ULTIMATE GOOD